HOWTO install couchdb 0.11.0 on Ubuntu Lucid from source

Only 0.10.0 available in ubuntu package, but I want 0.11.0. Here goes…

Get couchdb tarball from apache couchdb website.

sudo apt-get install xulrunner-dev libicu-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev erlang-dev help2man

You need xulrunner-dev as a replacement for the Mozilla spidermonkey which used to conflict with Mozilla and is not available in Lucid.

Then follow the rest of the instructions at http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu (look for the section called “Ubuntu 10.04″)

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2 Responses to “HOWTO install couchdb 0.11.0 on Ubuntu Lucid from source”

  1. Murph says:
    October 16, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    What do you do with the couchdb tarball, extract it? the link uses ‘sudo aptitude install couchdb’ so won’t it be getting 0.10?

  2. Murph says:
    October 16, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    Apologies! Installing from source section details everything. I just saw the first line and reacted… oops

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